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Reports <code>Optional</code> call chains which could be replaced with a sequence of 'if' statements.
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<p>Example:
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  return Optional.ofNullable(name)
    .map(this::extractInitials)
    .map(initials -> initials.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH))
    .orElseGet(this::getDefault);
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<p>can be replaced with</p>
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  if (name != null) {
    String initials = extractInitials(name);
    if (initials != null) return initials.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
  }
  return getDefault();
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<p>This inspection only reports if the configured language level is 8 or higher.</p>
<p><small>New in 2020.2</small></p>
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